Sony reportedly working on 'Cross-Buy' feature for unified game ownership between PlayStation 5 and PC — Leaked icons indicate Sony's answer to Xbox Play Anywhere is coming
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/sony-reportedly-working-on-cross-buy-feature-for-unified-game-ownership-between-playstation-5-and-pc-leaked-icons-indicate-sonys-answer-to-xbox-play-anywhere-is-coming
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TachyonTele@piefed.social · 32 pts · 312d
I see this, and all I imagine is forced launchers and required account log ins to play your games.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 16 pts · 312d
How else you do you imagine them being able to track your purchases across platforms?
Lfrith@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 311d
Lfrith@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 311d
sabin@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 311d
For sure. Unfortunately PC gamers wille at that shit right up without a moment's hesitation. Just look at how popular steam is.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 12 pts · 311d
You do know that something like 75-99% of games on steam don't have any drm, right? You can play most games right from the exe.
sabin@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 311d
None ive ever purchased have been drm/launcher free. Even binding of Isaac and terraria need that bloated garbage excuse for a launcher open to run.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 8 pts · 311d
I don't think you've ever tried.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 311d
Terraria is precisely the game I ran from executable alone.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 306d
you probably don't even know what, or where the executable is located for any of those games
sabin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 306d
Running the app directly through steam/ the freedesktop launcher steam makes should work without internet access
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 306d
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43
no INTERNET needed, only wifi or hardwired local network
Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 312d
Can they make it retro active? I have a bunch of ps5 games I'd love to play on my PC
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 312d
They did this with Portal 2 and I was hyped that it was the start of a new trend. Only took 15 years
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 6 pts · 312d
That was Valve more than it was Sony.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 311d
Portal is not made by Sony
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 311d
This might have gotten me to buy a PS5 - a decade ago.
reversedposterior@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
Just give me a way to play Gran Turismo on PC and I'll be happy honestly.